Sno-cone cupcakes

I saw these cupcakes on Bakerella.com and knew I had to make them.  She comes up with such great ideas. And, who doesn't like sno-cones?  Especially red,white, and blue ones.  My fave was always the blue  raspberry flavor. I will admit that it has been a long time since I had one though.

I didn't have as much luck with putting all three colors in the nut cup type cupcake paper.  She taped the 3 colors in plastic bags,cut the tips off, then put the batter in the cups.  I wasn't getting the colors in evenly, so I did it one at a time. I just put the cup in a pan that was resting on a towel, so it was tilted. I put the blue in first in the lowest corner, then I added the white. Then I turned the cup around, and added the red.

If you are very neat and tidy, you won't want to try these. lol.  They are a bit messy

But, they are really cute after they are baked.

I put icing down into the cupcake where the crack is. I just used white icing on the first one, then used blue, red, and white sparkling sugar.

The sparkling sugar....

I wish I had been a little neater with the sugar, but, what can you do? lol.  I'm going to try using red, and blue icing on the next one.  I'll post that pic later.

I used a glove spritzed with some water to round off the icing.  It's a bit easier than trying to round it off with a knife.  I hope you will visit http://www.bakerella.com/ and see some of her other great ideas.  She is the 'cakepop' queen.

Sweet hamburgers

The perfect dessert for you Memorial day picnic, or any picnic, is a hamburger cupcake.  The cupcake is halved with a brownie for the burger. Condiments and lettuce are icing, then it is sprinkled on top with raw sugar.  Gotta have those sesame seeds on your bun.

Watermelon Cupcakes in a Jar

Whats better than a cold slice of watermelon on a hot summers day?  A watermelon cupcake of course. It won't drip down your chin when you bite into it. lol.  Green icing on the bottom, watermelon flavored cake, then watermelon flavored icing.  Chocolate chips are the seeds.

Graduation Cupcakes

This is one of the graduation cupcakes I will be doing for this year.  The mortarboard is chocolate, so the cupcake is completely edible.   Made with whatever school color you choose.

Mother's Day Cupcakes

Just a peak at some of the cupcakes I  did for Mother's Day.  Hope everyone who had one enjoyed them.

Lenibvs Cupcakes Wallhanging

When I saw this fabric in the quilt store, I knew I had to have it.  It's perfect for my decorating space. And it's so cheerful.

Here's a close-up.

Cupcake Ice Cream Pops

These are the first group of cupcake Ice Cream pops I have done for Mother's Day.  Since my mom has been gone for 10 years, I always do something with the breast cancer ribbon in her memory.  The other one is just a mom celebration with colorful sprinkles.  I'm going to do some more this week, so I will post more pics later.

I also got a new candy melter. It really isn't made for melting chocolate, but I thought it would work.  And I was right.  You can melt 2 different colors at the same time. Or ,if you need alot of chocolate, you can have 2 pots melted at the same time.  It works great. And it keeps the chocolate warm for longer than the Wilton melting pot. Plus, the wilton pot gets a little too warm sometime. After melting in the crock pot, I just put the dial on warm, and it keeps the chocolate perfect.  It melts slower, so if you are in a hurry, this won't work as fast as you want.  I start it out on high for the first 5 minutes to get it nice and warm, then lower it to low till the candy is melted.   Plus, it comes with lids, so the chocolate won't cool off while you are working with it.

I got mine at Kohl's for a really good price. Less than the Wilton pot.  I'm not knocking the Wilton pot, I just like this one cause I can do two colors at once, plus the pot is deeper, so you can melt more chocolate at once.